Then the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘¹Designate ^athe cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you ²through Moses, 3 that the manslayer who ¹kills any person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 He shall flee to one of these cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the ^agate of the city and state his case in the hearing of the elders of that city; and they shall ¹take him into the city to them and give him a place, so that he may dwell among them. 5 Now ^aif the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not deliver the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand. 6 He shall dwell in that city ^auntil he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the manslayer shall ¹return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.’”

7 So they ¹set apart ^aKedesh in ²Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in ^bthe hill country of Judah. 8 Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they ¹designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh. 9 ^aThese were the appointed cities for all the sons of Israel and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever ¹kills any person unintentionally may flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the congregation.

The LORD spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 “Speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘Designate ^athe cities of refuge (asylum) , of which I spoke to you through Moses, 3 so that the person (manslayer) who kills any person unintentionally, ¹without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall be your refuge from the ²blood avenger. Num 35:10ff 4 He shall flee to one of these cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the ^agate of the city and ¹explain his case to the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the protection of the city and give him a place to stay, so that he may live among them. 5 ^aIf the blood avenger pursues him, they shall not hand the offender (manslayer) over to him, because he killed his neighbor ¹unintentionally and without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand. 6 He shall live in that city ^auntil he has stood before the congregation for judgment and ¹if acquitted of murder he must stay there, until the death of the one who is the high priest in those days. Then the offender (manslayer) shall return to his own city and his own house from which he fled.’”

7 So they set apart and consecrated ^aKedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) ^bin the hill country of Judah. 8 Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh. 9 ^aThese were the appointed cities for all the Israelites and for the stranger sojourning (living temporarily) among them, so that whoever killed any person unintentionally may flee there, and not die by the hand of the blood avenger until he had stood before the congregation for judgment.

Then the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘¹Designate ^athe cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you ²through Moses, 3 so that one who commits manslaughter by ¹killing a person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 Then he shall flee to one of these cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the ^agate of the city, and state his case in the ¹presence of the elders of that city; and they shall ²receive him into the city to them and give him a place, so that he may remain among them. 5 Now ^aif the avenger of blood pursues him, then they are not to hand the one who committed manslaughter over to him, since he struck his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him previously. 6 And he shall remain in that city ^auntil he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then ¹he shall ²return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.’”

7 So they ¹set apart ^aKedesh in ²Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in ^bthe hill country of Judah. 8 And beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they ¹designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh. 9 ^aThese were the designated cities for all the sons of Israel and for the stranger who resides among them, so that whoever ¹kills a person unintentionally may flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the congregation.

Then Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘¹Designate ^athe cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses, 3 that the manslayer who strikes down any person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become for you as a refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And he shall flee to one of these cities and shall stand at the entrance of the ^agate of the city and speak his case in the hearing of the elders of that city; and they shall ¹take him into the city to them and give him a place, so that he may live among them. 5 Now ^aif the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not surrender the manslayer into his hand because he struck his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand. 6 And he shall live in that city ^auntil he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the manslayer shall return and come to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.’”

7 So they ¹set apart ^aKedesh in ²Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in ^bthe hill country of Judah. 8 Now beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they ¹designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben and Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh. 9 ^aThese were the appointed cities for all the sons of Israel and for the sojourner who sojourns among them, that whoever strikes down any person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the congregation.